HOW TO DRAW A WYOMING ANTELOPE TAG w/ GoHunt
In this episode I take you through, step by step, how to get your preference points, research units using GoHunt and the WY game and fish website (with screen sharing so you can actually see the process), and draw your Wyoming antelope tag. This year I took a family group to Wyoming and filled tags on public land with just 1 point and you can too!
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Hands down the best video I’ve ever seen on this subject. Thank you for this.
Thanks for watching! Glad it helped.
Good video. Funny thing is I was just the opposite. I started hunting Mule Deer first and one year I applied for a Pronghorn Doe tag to go along with my Muledeer Buck tag. Little did I know that pronghorn hunting is now one of my favorite hunts. I applied for a Montana tag this year. Fingers crossed!
Hey man - any reason to go hunt out west is a good one! That’s awesome that you made it happen. Thanks for watching and commenting. I hope you’ll subscribe! Tons of cool stuff coming soon!
Heck yeah. If you ever wanna meet up on a hunt lmk. I usually try to set two weeks aside every year . I’m from Pittsburgh,Pa
@@Rcfreak57 that’s awesome man. Keep up the good work. I just did a podcast for East meets west with Beau … for yankies, you PA boys know how to get er done haha 🤣
Great video. It inspired me to start the process of getting preference points and hunting antelope in 2023. Coming from the Midwest this is very exciting. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Just subscribed, looking to do a hunt with my father in law this year. sadly we didnt purchase any preference points last year. We got swindled by an outfitter in montana this past year for an elk hunt (google beau birch). We decided to start trying to get into better odds and less expensive western hunts while we build points in these states. your video is extremely helpful! I have looked and watched a ton of videos and this was the most informative I have seen. Fingers crossed we can get a tag this year!
Glad to help. Hope you guys have a great season and future seasons to come.
Very good info... I'm @ 4 points elk, mule & antelope in WY. I won't b putting in this yr. So I'll have 5 going in for 2023 hoping for a good antelope unit! This will be my 1st time hunting out west and hope to come across some good people to help with some pointers and get some scouting in for my other hunts in the coming yrs...
yea man, hope you have a great hunt!
That was a great breakdown of how one could find their best opportunity to draw a pronghorn tag 🏷 in Wyoming. As I mentioned on your post about this episode on Instagram I dream of hunting pronghorn in every state that I can DIY public land style no matter what weapon type I have to use to get a tag 🏷. I am a GoHunt INSIDER and have been for three years. I also just bought points for elk, mule deer 🦌 and pronghorn a couple days ago. Oh Montana’s point period ends a month earlier than Wyoming on September 30th. I also bought points there too. I haven’t yet been able to apply for a hunt but I am hoping to be able to in 2022. I have played with the Filtering 2.0 on NR regular and set the public land to at least 20%, which knocks it down to maybe 8 units. My biggest issue in making my decisions is figuring out access since many units are checkerboards much worse than the unit 113 that you used as an example. I have never asked for permission to hunt someone’s property before even locally in West Virginia. I may have to check out the NR special and would like to take my 64 year old Dad out on a pronghorn hunting trip. But part of me wants to do an open country mule and pronghorn combo hunt for 10 days so the Special draw makes the budget super tight. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience. I actually listened to the podcast in my car 🚗 then watched the whole video. Hopefully you all had a great pronghorn hunt this year.
Sounds great! Go for it. We filled two tags. I shot a buck just shy of 70 inches.
@@thehuntersquestwhuntermcwa3475 that’s awesome to hear that it mostly worked out and you all had a great time. I am hoping to do just that but lack of vacation, money and the fact that the family members that I would want to go with have their own ideas for a western big game hunting adventure. Mostly OTC options since they don’t want to play the draw tag 🏷 game.
@@TheWVgoodguy22 there are a ton of great options out there. I had to take unpaid leave 😂
@@thehuntersquestwhuntermcwa3475 oh I agree with you. There are multiple options available out there that can be had OTC or drawn with zero points. No matter the species. Plus certain weapon types make it an easier draw. I know that multiple states like Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma (possibly others like Kansas and Texas) have archery 🏹 seasons for Non Residents that are OTC hunts for pronghorn. Yes I had to do unpaid leave for my waterfowl 🦆 hunting and fishing 🎣 to Alaska that was 9 days.
I set up my account with Wyoming this morning. Probably just gonna buy preference points this year for deer and pronghorn.
Good strategy! If you can’t hunt buy them anyway!
What was your plan to get around the pvt lands in 113 if you had drawn it? Late onset hunter, and I am not familiar with this.
No plan, just figure it out. Maybe Ty to get on some private with some phone calls? Or just do my best on public ???
Great video. Is there any place in particular you found phone numbers for Wyoming F&G?
Honestly I would just Google it 😂 that’s what I’d do. Thanks for watching. You for sure need to get gohunt insider. Use my code when you sign up. Code is “quest” you’ll save ten percent.
Lol going out west when I from Washington state with no antelope.
Sometimes you gotta go east!
I am a little confused. If I want to hunt this year(2022), I am too late to buy points, which means I would go in with zero points. Does that mean that I can’t buy a point this year though to use for next years hunt if I do get drawn for a tag this year with zero points? Hope that makes sense. I am from Ohio where you just go buy a tag for white tails and go hunt them, no points, no drawings, so this is very new to me. Great video as I have been trying to understand how to get the data to complete my analytics and this definitely helped not only with location but your thought process as well. Thank you.
Hey Craig, so yes, I think the period to buy 2022 points is closed… though you should look to confirm. You can still apply and do the special draw and you might still be able to get a tag in a easier draw unit with zero points. Check gohunt.
There are 100% draw odd units. Still have to apply. But unit 1 and 2 are 100% with zero points.
@@TyScott85 true
I believe you should have them akso apply for doe fawn more fun
Yes, good point. I always do that myself. Check out the double up hunt I did last year on my channel!
Could a person antelope hunt for a week, give or take, and then take a few days to scout for elk? How would that work? Would you have to completely relocate? I'm not planning a trip or anything, just something I'd love to do someday
It’s definitely doable. Just depends where you are looking. Their habitats are different but you could make it work!
@@thehuntersquestwhuntermcwa3475Appreciate the advice and the quick reply. Thanks!!
we want to put in for antelope there will be four with no point can you help us winch unit to put in for more driving we are older guys we can walk a little just asking in you have any idea thank you
Did you watch the video? Lots of good info in there. What specific questions do you have that I could help with?
So just wondering what unit did you end up drawing?
I don’t usually give out specific unit numbers in a public forum.
Hi Hunter, I know I'm a year late to this party, but I'm in the process of planning my first Wyoming antelope hunt, and just found your videos. Something I think I understand, but that you didn't touch on is preference points vs random draw for your first choice unit. My understanding is that for your first choice unit, the system will first attempt to draw you based on preference points (which get 75% of the tags), and if you're drawn then, your points are "burned". But if you don't get drawn based on points, then it moves you into the random draw (25% of the tags) for your first choice unit. If you're drawn then, your points are not burned. That's my understanding, but it's the point that I'm not 100% sure about. And then if you still don't get drawn, it'll move you to your 2nd and then 3rd choices, which are random-only and don't burn your points (I know that for sure).
That sounds right. But I’m not an expert. It’s so complicated. I would just call Wyoming game and fish. They know what’s up!
It really can be overwhelming! There's so much information available, which is nice, but then it's a pain to try to sort through all of it and glean what you really want to know. Are you planning on making that hunt again this year, or anytime in the near-ish future?
@@johnnythevis9486 wait until you add in multiple species across all the western states! I’m planning 5-6 hunts per year for filming of my new show! My kind is always exploding.
Just thinking about that gave me a headache! Lol. I'm from Louisiana, and this is my first foray into western hunting, but I really want to get much more into it over the next few years. But that's certainly daunting to think about! Well good luck man! From what I've seen of your channel so far, it's awesome, so I really hope it takes off! It should!!
@@johnnythevis9486 airing in July on sportsman channel. Will be all about western hunting from an “outsider” or beginners perspective!
Do you lose your preference points if you draw a tag
Yes if you draw the tag you use your points. And you start over
When I used to hunt in Wyoming in the 80’s it was hard NOT to draw. Yet they say hunter numbers are dropping. BS.
Yea more people seemed to be interested lately which is a good thing. And there is still plenty of opportunity if you know where to look!
tages are to high get more meat of a big dog. no hunting land by gillette
you can always find reasons to be negative, i try to stay positive. thanks, Larry.
are you lossing hunters . is that way you are doing videos on thanks larry reed
Just trying to help people navigate the process. You’re right they’re not cheap. But it’s more than just about the meat.
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